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[Richard A Thackeray]

Is the BM in the right thread?

Two very hidden, grubby, unused 10" gauge rails

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

One I found this afternoon, whilst sorting out a few old photo-albums
Could be York, or Doncaster??

All I can offer is Spring 1986, from the dates in the album it came from

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Sorry, but I'm dragging this back from page 108, because I got a book (about West Yorkshire railway stations - past & present) out of Rothwell Library on Wednesday, that has a picture of the Leeds City roofline from '82

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

WestGate Station
Wakefield

The old façade is still in-situ
Closed in 2015 (I think)
The taxis here, would be off the left-hand edge of my photo; https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2578462

Some of you may recognise it as 'Denton Station', in the A Touch Of Frost TV series, with David Jason

The 'new' WestGate is on the site of an old dairy, and the disused railway goods yards

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

WestGate Station
Wakefield

The old entrance, it's all that remains of the pre 1967-68 rebuild

This entrance dates to the 1860's

https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5828728

 

[Andy in Germany]

That's a beautiful piece of craftsmanship. It looks like something for Indiana Jones to burst through any moment.

Although "Indiana Jones and the Station in Wakfield" doesn't have much of a ring to it. I'll admit.

 

[NorthernDave]

They haven't learned from the M25.

Or indeed pretty well any major motorway development.

There's a science to this called induced demand, which has been around for many decades and shows that if you build roads there will be more traffic, but if you restrict road building and instead invest in railways or cycleways people will change their transport choices, but hey, who needs facts when you can get votes by offering simplistic solutions to problems?

Of course the real irony is that Sustrans floated a plan to convert the former Leeds - Wetherby line to a cycle way to link in with R66 and R665, and the then unbuilt Leeds Cycle Superhighway.

But then the council decided we needed a new dual carriageway and those plans melted away like they'd never existed...

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

KirkGate Station
Wakefield

This building dates back to the 1850s

Extremely delapidated throughout the 70s/80s, & described as the worst medium sized station in the UK

Various drug related incidences, violence & a rape, didn't help matters
https://www.wakefieldexpress.co.uk/news/kirkgate-rapist-jailed-indefinitely-1-969999
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-21804091
https://www.wakefieldexpress.co.uk/news/man-attacked-at-wakefield-kirkgate-station-1-971834

2013 - 2015 saw a massive redevelopment, with Northern Rail, & Grand Central pledging to use it for more services
And, yes, it is a fairly pleasant place now
And even has a 1st Class lounge!!;
https://buyingbusinesstravel.com/ne...ral-rail-unveils-first-class-lounge-wakefield

There's 'piped' brass band music in the Subway, to the far platforms, CCTV, a staff presence, catering

The section on the far left was the 'Refreshments'/Dining Rooms, for all classes
(1st, 2nd, & 3rd)

The Station Masters house, to the right

https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5202571
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5202578

https://www.wakefieldfirst.com/wakefield-kirkgate-train-station/

https://britishlistedbuildings.co.u...gate-station-wakefield-east-ward#.W3rSCvZFzIU

 

[Andy in Germany]

Of course the real irony is that Sustrans floated a plan to convert the former Leeds - Wetherby line to a cycle way to link in with R66 and R665, and the then unbuilt Leeds Cycle Superhighway.

But then the council decided we needed a new dual carriageway and those plans melted away like they'd never existed...

Almost as if they wanted to encourage car use at the expense of everything else...

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Midland Railway houses

Market Street, or maybe Wakefield Road?
(the corner marks the 'dividing line')
Normanton

Quite possibly for middle-grade staff/supervisors
Date, circa 1860 -1870?

The Market Street façade


The Wakefield Road façade




A couple of hundred yards away, there's a Midland Hotel
Not many guesses as to who built that then?
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3516759


As railwayists know, Normanton was a very busy station/marshalling yards/junctions

 

[User16390]

Class 68011 waiting to depart Birmingham Snow Hill heading to Kidderminster on Tuesday 21st August.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

The ex Charles Roberts 'wagon works' connections to the national network
Forge Lane
'Horbury Junction'

Three crossings, within 20 yards

Taken during a rather wet ride, today, coming back from Caphouse Colliery, & the; http://www.leafersatpit.org.uk/latp/
Here; https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3096978


Apologies for quality, but it was rather wet, so a misted up lens, & I had nothing dry enough to wipe it




The track to the network, is a fair old ascent
It can't have been an easy climb at low-speed, & given the curve
Maybe 1 - 2 wagons at a time?


http://www.ossett.net/beyond/Charles_Roberts.html

The lines can be seen crossing the road, & joining the network
https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=18&lat=53.6567&lon=-1.5366&layers=168&b=1



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[classic33]

The ex Charles Roberts 'wagon works' connections to the national network
Forge Lane
'Horbury Junction'

Taken during a rather wet ride, today, coming back from Caphouse Colliery, & the; http://www.leafersatpit.org.uk/latp/
Here; https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3096978


Apologies for quality, but it was rather wet, so a misted up lens, & I had nothing dry enough to wipe it

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The track to the network, is a fair old ascent
It can't have been an easy climb at low-speed, & given the curve
Maybe 1 - 2 wagons at a time?
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http://www.ossett.net/beyond/Charles_Roberts.html

The lines can be seen crossing the road, & joining the network
https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=18&lat=53.6567&lon=-1.5366&layers=168&b=1



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Would that be the "hump" for the former yard?

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Would that be the "hump" for the former yard?

Healey Mills yard had a 'hump' but that's another location entirely over a mile away. to the north-west

Open the 'NLS' link & you'll see the lines joining the network, to the top-left of where it states 'Horbury Junction Iron Works'

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Taken during a rather wet ride, today, at Caphouse Colliery, where I was for the; http://www.leafersatpit.org.uk/latp/
https://www.ncm.org.uk/

At the edge of boundary wall by the A642 Wakefield - Huddersfield road

It's further up, past the buildings; https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/37383

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Newmarket Lane (B6135) just short of jct 30/M62
Stanley/Methley
One of the lines that connected the two sites of Newmarket Colliery
Nelson Pit to the north of the road, & Bye Pit, to the south

1907 OS map; https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=17&lat=53.7251&lon=-1.4519&layers=168&b=1

Seen from a few yards away, behind the abandoned caravan

At the furthest point of this picture
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/564962